🇹🇼 Taipei joins Taichung, Taoyuan and Kaohsiung in supporting contactless payments on the MRT in Taiwan – live now. 💳 Options include Visa, Mastercard, JCB, Discover, and Diners Club International. 📱 Apple Pay supported with Express Mode and Google Pay with Express pay expresstransit.com/taipei/

Melbourne and Victoria now supports contactless payments on all train lines in the Myki Zone. Buses and trams to allow bank card payments "in the coming months" says Minister for Transport Infrastructure Gabrielle Williams. Regional contactless zone expansion from late 2026.

Contactless Travel in Melbourne Expands to all Train Lines news.expresstransit.com/conta...

Every World Cup host city in the US now supports contactless bank card payments on transit, half in the past 12 months – including Apple Pay, Google Pay and Samsung Pay news.expresstransit.com/world...

Months after rolling out Apple Pay for debit + credit card transactions, MARTA now supports Breeze Card in Apple Wallet allowing concession fares without a physical card Reports locally indicate many stations still completing hardware rollouts ahead of the World Cup www.macrumors.com/2026/05/27/..

Melbourne public transport: what worked in the free payment trial and what didn't. Half price fares and contactless payment trial to resume on Monday news.expresstransit.com/its-t...

Mon 1st June 2026: Free travel ends in Victoria. Contactless payment trial resumes on Craigieburn, Upfield, Ballarat and Seymour lines including City Loop stations. expresstransit.com/melbourne/

LA Metro appears to have soft launched its contactless open loop payments, ahead of official launch date expected March 25, 2026. www.torched.la/finally-you-ca...

Seattle now allows contactless payments on nearly every mode, with Kitsap Transit Ferries the latest to accept debit and credit cards Contactless or ORCA: 🚌 Bus 🚋 Streetcar 🚈 Light Rail 🚉 Commuter Rail 🛥️ Kitsap Ferry ORCA only: 🚈 Monorail ⛴️ Washington State Ferry expresstransit.com/seattle/

Visiting London? As of 2026, all six airports can be accessed with just a tap of a debit card, credit card, Apple Pay, or Google Pay: ✈️ London Heathrow ✈️ London City ✈️ London Gatwick ✈️ London Luton ✈️ London Stansted ✈️ London Southend Check which cards before you go: expresstransit.com/london/

Visiting Sydney? Use Apple Pay or Google Pay for public transport from the moment you land. Visa, Mastercard, Amex all supported. ✅ Airport train: 🛬 ✅ All train lines and metro: 🚇 ✅ Light rail (tram): 🚃 ✅ Ferry: ⛴️ ✅ Bus: 🚌 Transit Mode enabled; just tap and go. expresstransit.com/sydney/

🇭🇺🚇 Budapest: All metro lines now support contactless "Pay&GO" payments, with the expansion from M1 to M2, M3 and M4 this week bkk.hu/en/news/2026/04/buy-an...

Updated: Melbourne and Victoria ❌ Free travel until end of April ✅ Free travel until end of May expresstransit.com/melbourne/

Students can leave their wallet at home, with Apple Pay and Google Pay now enabled for discounted concession travel on public transport in Sydney news.expresstransit.com/sydne...

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Train + bus passengers in Wellington can now use contactless bank cards – Visa or Mastercard – as well as Apple Pay, Google Pay, or Samsung Pay. Drawbacks: no concessions, no passes, no free bus transfers. These will come in 2027 with the national Motu Move upgrade. news.expresstransit.com/welli..

🇳🇱🚉 Contactless transit payments in the Netherlands are set to improve with Transit Mode (Express Mode / Express pay) to be supported 'this year - well before Christmas' confirms Translink expresstransit.com/amsterdam/

Google has rebranded "Tap to ride without opening Wallet" as "Express pay" for faster transit payments news.expresstransit.com/googl...

🐦‍🔥 Atlanta 'tap to pay' is here on all MARTA 🚇 rail lines, 🚌 buses, and the 🚃 Atlanta Streetcar in time for the Atlanta Pen Show this weekend and FIFA World Cup in June. 💳 Visa, Mastercard, Amex and Discover supported. 📱💨 Transit Mode / Express Mode too news.expresstransit.com/atlan...

💳 Contactless is now an option for nearly all stations in Tokyo, with some notable exceptions. Visa, Mastercard, Amex, and more all supported news.expresstransit.com/touri...

Atlanta – Contactless payments come to all MARTA stations next week. Are you ready to leave your wallet at home? 🙋 🚉 💳 📱

It's been two weeks since the most recent contactless zone expansion in England's South East; making it the largest area supporting contactless travel in the country (by a wide margin) news.expresstransit.com/stans...

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Contactless now on Glasgow Subway: Visa and Mastercard + Apple Pay, Google Pay and Samsung Pay all supported. Both lines, all stations. Right now. news.expresstransit.com/glasg...

Melbourne contactless "Tap and go" trial region transport.vic.gov.au/news-and...

Melbourne contactless trial expands to the general public. Tap to ride any Bisa or Mastercard - including via Apple Pay and Google Pay - on the Craigieburn and Upfield lines from Monday. Regional lines from Seymour and Ballarat also part of this stage.

Of the top 50 metros globally, more than half will support contactless debit or credit cards by the end of 2026 👏 expresstransit.com/stats/

Cities blessed with Express Transit Mode: 🇦🇺 Brisbane 🇺🇸 Chicago 🇬🇧 Edinburgh 🇭🇰 Hong Kong 🇬🇧 London 🇺🇸 New York City 🇺🇸 Philadelphia 🇸🇦 Riyadh 🇺🇸 San Francisco Bay Area 🇸🇬 Singapore 🇦🇺 Sydney 🇯🇵 Tokyo 🇨🇦 Toronto 🇺🇸 Washington DC expresstransit.com/stats/

Free transit is sometimes free-free, other times it's limited to local residents or has other conditions attached. kidstravelfree.com

Who has been using contactless credit cards to tap on the G Line this month? How did it go?